Is Projectile Motion Parabolic Or Elliptical?
Is Projectile Motion Parabolic Or Elliptical? We approximate the Newtonian gravity as a constant magnitude, constant direction force for small areas (like football fields), and get the parabolic shape, which is actually a good approximation of a short elliptical path. Projectiles’ paths are not actually parabolic near earth. Do projectiles follow parabolic? When we launch